4 Foreword A rich education recognizes the importance of language. With a fully developed mastery of primary and secondary languages, students are able to appreciate the literary and expressive quality of written texts and be able to use languages effectively to express their thoughts, reflections, and ideas in speech and writing. In addition, students are able to see themselves as participating in multiple linguistic communities and understanding the perspectives of different cultures. While one purpose of this standards document is to describe what we want students to know and be able to do, another is to create a common community of a shared educational goal, literacy in Spanish. Two very important recommendations must be taken into account on implementing these standards: 1. The abilities listed here are not developed independently of each other, but rather sequentially and concurrently. It would be a serious mistake to try to teach skills in isolation, making difficult to understand, and in many cases, students would not be able to apply the skills with rigor. 2. Once the abilities have been presented within a meaningful context that will make them understandable, it will be important to recognize that these skills are not an end in themselves, but rather an instrument to reach an end. The desired goal is to develop the expressive, interpretive, and critical abilities of all students, in order that they may reach a level of mastery. Language is needed to think and learn. As we fully develop our command of language, our capacity to reach our goals also increases. The effective use of language is necessary to express our feelings, convey our experiences, share our ideas, and to understand and collaborate with others. The value of language is doubled when two languages are known. By facilitating the acquisition and development of Spanish in children and youth, parents and teachers are providing them with better instruments to achieve intellectual, social, and economic success. If Spanish is the home language, to know it well means one receives not only the richness of family heritage, but also the historic legacy held by that language. The creation of these standards has been the result of the arduous work of a great number of educators, who with rigor and enthusiasm gave the best of themselves to reach a consensus of pedagogical norms and objectives. Congratulations and Let us begin! Prólogo Una educación plena reconoce la importancia del lenguaje. Con un dominio completamente desarrollado en un primer y segundo idioma, los estudiantes son capaces de apreciar la calidad literaria y expresiva de los textos y de utilizar eficazmente dos lenguas para expresar sus pensamientos, reflexiones e ideas al hablar y escribir. Como consecuencia, los estudiantes son capaces de verse a sí mismos como participantes en múltiples comunidades lingüísticas y de comprender (reconocer y entender) las perspectivas de diferentes culturas. Uno de los propósitos de este documento de estándares es definir lo que queremos que los estudiantes sepan y sean capaces de hacer; el otro es crear una comunidad que comparta la meta de la alfabetización en español. Dos recomendaciones son esenciales a la hora de implementar estos estándares: 1. Las habilidades que se indican no se desarrollan independientemente unas de las otras, sino más bien consecuente y simultáneamente. Sería un grave error tratar de enseñar estas habilidades de forma aislada, ya que no solo dificultarían la comprensión sino que también en muchos casos, no llegarían a ser asimiladas y no podrían luego ser aplicadas con rigor. 2. Una vez presentadas dentro de un contexto significativo, claro y funcional, es importante reconocer que estas habilidades no son un fin en sí mismas, sino un instrumento para llegar a un fin. El fin deseado es desarrollar la capacidad expresiva, interpretativa y crítica de todos los estudiantes para que alcancen un nivel competente. El lenguaje es imprescindible para aprender y para pensar. Cuanto mayor sea nuestro dominio del lenguaje, mayor será nuestra capacidad para lograr nuestras metas. El uso eficaz del lenguaje es necesario para expresar sentimientos, transmitir experiencias, compartir ideas y para entender y colaborar con los demás. El valor del lenguaje se duplica cuando se conocen dos idiomas. Al facilitar la adquisición y desarrollo del español, los padres y maestros están ofreciendo a los niños y jóvenes más y mejores instrumentos para conseguir el éxito intelectual, social y económico en la vida. Si el español es el idioma del hogar, llegar a conocerlo bien significará poder recibir la riqueza no solo de la herencia familiar, sino también el legado histórico que representa esa lengua. La elaboración de este conjunto de estándares ha sido el resultado del arduo trabajo de un gran número de educadores, que con rigor y entusiasmo pusieron lo mejor de sí en esta labor para llegar a un consenso de normas y objetivos pedagógicos. Enhorabuena y vamos a empezar! San Diego County Office of Education December 2012 Alma Flor Ada y F. Isabel Campoy i i

8 Peer Review A special note of thanks to the parents, teachers, administrators, and community members who served as peer reviewers: Ana M. Applegate Daniel Arellano Fausto E. Baltazar Gilberto D. Barrios Adriana Brenes-Rios Gonzalo de Alba Charlotte Ford Carmen Garces Ana Celia García Claudia Garcia Olga González María Heredia Ana Hernández Izela Jacobo Jill Kerper-Mora Olivia Leschick Sandra Lineros Roy López Martín Macías Edna Mikulanis Antonio Mora Karem Morales Kris Nicholls Nilda Ocasio Cynthia Ortiz Sylvia Padilla Margarita Palacios Janette Pérez Lillian Pérez Arlene Quintana-Rangel Verónica Rodríguez Fernando Rodríguez-Valls Luz Elena Rosales Silvina Rubinstein Magdalena Ruz González Martha Servin Araceli Simeón-Luna Olivia Yahya Nieves Vera de Torres Validación Profesional Una nota especial de agradecimiento a los padres, maestros, administradores, y miembros de la comunidad que llevaron a cabo la validación profesional: San Bernardino City Unified School District San Bernardino City Unified School District Cajon Valley UnionSchool District Vista Unified School District San Bernardino City Unified School District Fresno Unified School District Contra Costa County Office of Education Mount Diablo Unified School District San Diego State University Sweetwater Union High Schoool District Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund North Monterey Unfied School District San Bernardino City Unified School District Cajon Valley Union School District San Diego State University Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District Oak Grove Elementary School District Lennox School District Stanislaus County Office of Eduction San Diego Unified School District San Diego County Office of Education Oak Grove Elementary School District Riverside County Office of Education Mount Vernon Community School Hayward Unified School District Long Beach Unified School District North Monterey Unfied School District Santa Ana Unified School District California Department of Education San Bernardino Unified School District Fresno Unified School District San Diego State University San Bernardino Unified School District Los Angeles County Office of Education Los Angeles County Office of Education San Bernardino City Unified School District Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund Saddleback Valley Unified School District Girls Preparatory Bronx Community School v v

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